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>> ( translated ): just the united states... does the united states want to contain china's development. actually, during president hu jintao's visit to the united states the u.s. government and president obama himself said on many occasions that the united states hoped to see prosperity and development in china and believed that this would serve the world and the united states. nibble what your president said. >> what do you think the biggest misconception is about your country from america in general? >> ( translated ): i don't think this is misconception, it is more of a lack of understanding. >> rose: what do you want us to understand? >> ( translated ): well, in the first place it is not easy to really know china because china is an ancient civilization and we are of the oriental culture. and for the americans, the united states is the world's number one superpower and the american people are a... if they're asked to choose to understand a foreign country, their first choice would be the european countries and the south ame
>> ( translated ): just the united states... does the united states want to contain china's development. actually, during president hu jintao's visit to the united states the u.s. government and president obama himself said on many occasions that the united states hoped to see prosperity and development in china and believed that this would serve the world and the united states. nibble what your president said. >> what do you think the biggest misconception is about your country...
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it involves the president of the united states. we're being told by a white house official that the president will make a statement at 10:30. president barack obama will make a statement at 10:30. but the official did not say what that statement would be about. again, this is very unusual to happen at 10:30 on a sunday night. we don't know what the information is, but cnn is being told by a white house official that the president will speak at 10:30, make a statement, we'll carry it live. as soon as we get more information about exactly what the president is speaking on, we're going to bring it to you live, so don't go anywhere. at the bottom of the hour, president barack obama making a live statement. >>> other breaking news tonight as well, this time it's out of missouri. an appeal to the u.s. supreme court has failed to stop a proposal to blow up a major levee. that might save the town of cairo, illinois, but it would flood thousands of acres of missouri farmland. the decision to blast a two-mile hole in the levee now rests with
it involves the president of the united states. we're being told by a white house official that the president will make a statement at 10:30. president barack obama will make a statement at 10:30. but the official did not say what that statement would be about. again, this is very unusual to happen at 10:30 on a sunday night. we don't know what the information is, but cnn is being told by a white house official that the president will speak at 10:30, make a statement, we'll carry it live. as...
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god forever bless the united states of america. now you might think that standing ovation was for a popular american politician well think again as israel's prime minister with congress we asked what is this foreign leader would be more popular at leave us president. and while netanyahu stole the show on the hill america's involvement in afghanistan and pakistan was the center of attention at a senate hearing this morning when it comes to afghanistan what are america's true goals building democracy or fighting the taliban. and the death penalty in the u.s. now this time the question isn't to kill or not to kill instead when it comes to executions are states torturing their inmates to death. good evening it's tuesday may twenty fourth four pm here in washington d.c. and we see catherine of and you're watching our t.v. . just a few hours ago here in washington and this was the scene in a packed u.s. house chamber we capitol hill take a look. god whoever borders the united states of america. that's right president obama the leader of
god forever bless the united states of america. now you might think that standing ovation was for a popular american politician well think again as israel's prime minister with congress we asked what is this foreign leader would be more popular at leave us president. and while netanyahu stole the show on the hill america's involvement in afghanistan and pakistan was the center of attention at a senate hearing this morning when it comes to afghanistan what are america's true goals building...
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are they convinced for responsible the united states being bankrupt if the united states does things that it looks like it's not going bankrupt what will make them not thinking -- >> i don't think i missed saying it. i think i described bin laden's first priority is to take those things internationally to bankrupt us. that is clearly his intention. he knows for -- you know, he said publicly we can't invade milwaukee or words to that effect. their goal is clearly to make us spend money to the point where we don't have any left to spend. and we seem to be doing quite well with that at the moment. >> is there any way to stop -- [inaudible] >> there's no way to do it, sir, until we tell the american people the truth. and we begin to fight the enemy that exists instead of the enemy that our politicians want us to believe in. once we stop telling the american people it's what their government does and now how they live, perhaps we can have a rational discussion. but until then we're going to keep spending money without much effect. for example, we've spent, what, 50 billion, $100 billion o
are they convinced for responsible the united states being bankrupt if the united states does things that it looks like it's not going bankrupt what will make them not thinking -- >> i don't think i missed saying it. i think i described bin laden's first priority is to take those things internationally to bankrupt us. that is clearly his intention. he knows for -- you know, he said publicly we can't invade milwaukee or words to that effect. their goal is clearly to make us spend money to...
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criminals comes from the united states. let me tell you that in the four years of my administration, we have seized more than 100,000 weapons. 60,000 of them are assault weapons, and 85,000 of the total weapons we seize were sold in the american territory, mainly in the gun shops on the border. so after the assault-weapons ban extinguish in 2004, we started to see tremendous increase in the power of the criminals due to this easier access to the american witness. so that's a very important thing where we need the support of the american government and the american congress and we have not yet, and that is important because those weapons are aiming today, against mexican innocents, mexican people and mexican authorities, but nobody can say will never happen that those weapons aim against american citizens. >> charlie: look at the demand side of drugs. your pred seder, vicente -- your predecessor, vicente fox said if the united states legalized drugs, i think he principally met marijuana it would dry up revenues and the carte
criminals comes from the united states. let me tell you that in the four years of my administration, we have seized more than 100,000 weapons. 60,000 of them are assault weapons, and 85,000 of the total weapons we seize were sold in the american territory, mainly in the gun shops on the border. so after the assault-weapons ban extinguish in 2004, we started to see tremendous increase in the power of the criminals due to this easier access to the american witness. so that's a very important...
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is a very contentious issue between the united states and pakistan as and i mentioned before the united states and pakistan have conflicting interests in afghanistan. the taliban and its associates are the enemies of americans and afghan government while they are supported by certain circles within the pakistani establishment this year two thousand and eleven will be a very critical year and afghanistan in july the obama administration is planning to withdraw our. begin withdrawal of troops from the country and also it is the beginning of transition of security responsibilities to security forces and after have been allowed in scaling now the critics of the war here in the united states as well they're there they're trying to convince and ministration to call it mission accomplished and leave afghanistan but i think that that will be very much huge mistake because i've been allowed in is the terror infrastructure and the ideology is sell there as we saw that the taliban announces july first spring often and we've seen a spike of violence all across the country and the dead are even fore
is a very contentious issue between the united states and pakistan as and i mentioned before the united states and pakistan have conflicting interests in afghanistan. the taliban and its associates are the enemies of americans and afghan government while they are supported by certain circles within the pakistani establishment this year two thousand and eleven will be a very critical year and afghanistan in july the obama administration is planning to withdraw our. begin withdrawal of troops...
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holds true here if the united states. leaves afghanistan that will convince pakistan and its military and . its to can t. be a support for the taliban because they will see that the taliban. future of afghanistan so what it's needed now for russia to do is to show an enduring commitment to afghanistan because to succeed in afghanistan means that pakistan also will change its calculus from supporting the taliban instead of that. later timid ways to have the strategic good tell also influence in the country ok if i go back to islam and so i guess it's all about who controls afghanistan not the afghans themselves are never mentioned in all this it's going to come from islamabad where it's going to be washington ok and they have their topic there is karzai they do want to support so i mean what what is the vision from the pakistani establishment what how do they want to see the americans leave destabilizing the country even more. when you know the pakistani establishment. has clearly shown his preference for the establishment
holds true here if the united states. leaves afghanistan that will convince pakistan and its military and . its to can t. be a support for the taliban because they will see that the taliban. future of afghanistan so what it's needed now for russia to do is to show an enduring commitment to afghanistan because to succeed in afghanistan means that pakistan also will change its calculus from supporting the taliban instead of that. later timid ways to have the strategic good tell also influence in...
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states will reward those countries that follow the rules but we have to also remember the united states does not have the same interest in every single country for example if you take the gulf state the united states is going to have to take an entirely different approach because of our interest because our concern about about iran hence our policy and relation with it with back rain is somewhat different so we are much easier going with bahrain and we doing says safer in libya or in syria at this point that is we have to distinguish here between american national interests in various arab countries and there's no question about it that our conduct and our reaction to each country is depending on the level of interest in each of these countries and their i wonder one other point i want to mention when it comes for example to the gulf regardless of the fact that behind has a majority of shiite the this is the majority of the population in the gulf is sunni and they are terrified for example of what iran is up to the united states doesn't have a choice but to support the current regime th
states will reward those countries that follow the rules but we have to also remember the united states does not have the same interest in every single country for example if you take the gulf state the united states is going to have to take an entirely different approach because of our interest because our concern about about iran hence our policy and relation with it with back rain is somewhat different so we are much easier going with bahrain and we doing says safer in libya or in syria at...
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so there's a lot of distrust between the united states and pakistan. i think we need to work through that but i think it can't be all just the united states job owning and offering money of which we've offered huge apartments in recent times. i think pakistanis have to realize we should act and they should act with us. >> charlie: first of all they ha to figure out this pakistani relationship in the context of what happened. >> i think that's right. and this changes some things but not all things. if you look at it, if you're a man from mars and look at the unitedtates and pakistan, we have many of the same objectives here. we want to stable afghastan. they want to stable afghanistan that doesn't threaten tir western border. we want to put down terrorists groups that are living in the northwest frontier area that are plotting against the united states. they want those groups plotting against pakistan. we want them to have peaceful resolution of india, they want it too. so why can't we work this out since there's so much we want in common. >> charlie: b
so there's a lot of distrust between the united states and pakistan. i think we need to work through that but i think it can't be all just the united states job owning and offering money of which we've offered huge apartments in recent times. i think pakistanis have to realize we should act and they should act with us. >> charlie: first of all they ha to figure out this pakistani relationship in the context of what happened. >> i think that's right. and this changes some things but...
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where does pakistan stand with the united states? president bush stated in his joint session to congress after 9/11, to our allies, that you are either with us or you're with the terrorists. and i would like to know where pakistan is in that group. there is no middle found. i'd like to also find out what's going on with the mekdgo designation. a federal district court ruled that the state did not give the mek due process when it decided to keep the mek on the fto list. the law states that reviews are to take place within 180 days should the group appeal its designation. it's been past 120 days. it's now 230 days. during this time, the mek has been attacked by the iraqi military. yunami has confirmed that the soldiers killed 34 residents at camp asha raul, 34 residents that have yesterday to be buried because the iraqis refuse to allow them to be buried. high ranking public officials in the iraqi regime repeatedly cite the u.s. terrorist designation as their justification for treating the residents of camp asha rof so harshly. two bat
where does pakistan stand with the united states? president bush stated in his joint session to congress after 9/11, to our allies, that you are either with us or you're with the terrorists. and i would like to know where pakistan is in that group. there is no middle found. i'd like to also find out what's going on with the mekdgo designation. a federal district court ruled that the state did not give the mek due process when it decided to keep the mek on the fto list. the law states that...
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just rebuild their own lives that's up to the united states however we did you know the united states that invaded afghanistan and we can't just leave the country and ruin the country i believe afghanistan would be susceptible to you know just just perhaps simply civil war. because of the fact that you know we have a government that you have a bad government and so you have a lot of these disparities amongst the ethnic lines look at it's down and so there's a lot of there's a lot to. deal with and unfortunately if we just leave right now i feel like the country clubs would be like another vietnam although at the same time you can almost say the united states is in part responsible for a lie but corruption is as bad as it is for why the central government is so weak i mean we're the same people that we're arming the dean at the time against the soviets and so what's your take on. do you think people are angry about the us. presence there i mean. i definitely believe so you have afghans in afghanistan that are very. american they understand that they're here to help us however you have
just rebuild their own lives that's up to the united states however we did you know the united states that invaded afghanistan and we can't just leave the country and ruin the country i believe afghanistan would be susceptible to you know just just perhaps simply civil war. because of the fact that you know we have a government that you have a bad government and so you have a lot of these disparities amongst the ethnic lines look at it's down and so there's a lot of there's a lot to. deal with...
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states ok mohamed if i go to you in toronto i mean united states israel and saudi arabia working together or do you see that in regard to syria and iran and iran go ahead. well i i think that with regards to syria. the turks are also concerned because they are they have the form of islam that dominates in turkey is is not the islam and it's much more mild and there is a large population and a minority population inside his well as well as as well as a kurdish population so turkey two does not have an interest in syria falling if syria falls i think as your previous case pointed out correctly. no one will really win even i think perhaps even the saudis would be the biggest lou. because if the salahi's in syria are much more hardcore then. than in egypt and if if syria falls then jordan will i think definitely i think fall and saudi arabia will be more surrounded than before because right now the saudis have very poor relations with iraq with iran with back rein obviously. in yemen things are very unstable there is a weak central government the north of yemen but who have poor relations wit
states ok mohamed if i go to you in toronto i mean united states israel and saudi arabia working together or do you see that in regard to syria and iran and iran go ahead. well i i think that with regards to syria. the turks are also concerned because they are they have the form of islam that dominates in turkey is is not the islam and it's much more mild and there is a large population and a minority population inside his well as well as as well as a kurdish population so turkey two does not...
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the united states of america. that is the reality. the problem is not that parents in my experience want them to be lawyers or want them to be embroiled in individual family litigation. they want them to do their job which is to address the diplomatic issues and efforts, collection of information and accountability that in his individual litigant cannot possibly do. in order for them to have the tools to do that, there has to be some very concrete things better done. one is, there has to be in real-time and acknowledgment when a country is not acting in compliance with the treaty and call that out in more than the report form. that is that reciprocity has to be something that an american judge, and american parents who are formulating settlements of custody disputes can rely upon. legislative efforts in this body and in the other bodies must provide mechanisms for diplomatic actions that deal with systemic lack of reciprocity. these parents can do it themselves. the protections outlined have now numbered 1940 and
the united states of america. that is the reality. the problem is not that parents in my experience want them to be lawyers or want them to be embroiled in individual family litigation. they want them to do their job which is to address the diplomatic issues and efforts, collection of information and accountability that in his individual litigant cannot possibly do. in order for them to have the tools to do that, there has to be some very concrete things better done. one is, there has to be in...
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the united states was initially supporting the shiite majority in bahrain, which is... had protest demands. saudi arab intervened militarily, sending troops into bahrain. how did you think the president did in balancing there the question of u.s. interests and the importance of saudi arabia and u.s. values, wanting to support the majority in be rain and its demands? >> (laughs) well, first of all, i'll be brutally frank, i don't think that such a mar issue. of course it's desirable that bahrain be a perfect democracy as soon as possible, but then the question arises what is possible. e saudis have a decisive voice in bahrain right now. i don't think postulating on this issue publicly is the way to influence events. >> so did the president say too much, do you think? >> he came close to it. but i don't think he went drastically too far but i don't think it's a major issue to be discussed publicly, basically. i think we are to be talking to the saudis about it. we can be talking to the bahraini rulers, we have direct access to them, we have a base there and we don't want
the united states was initially supporting the shiite majority in bahrain, which is... had protest demands. saudi arab intervened militarily, sending troops into bahrain. how did you think the president did in balancing there the question of u.s. interests and the importance of saudi arabia and u.s. values, wanting to support the majority in be rain and its demands? >> (laughs) well, first of all, i'll be brutally frank, i don't think that such a mar issue. of course it's desirable that...
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." >> osama bin laden will never again threaten the united states of america. gwen: but nearly two weeks later, the fallout from the death of public enemy number one continues, especially in afghanistan and pakistan. >> pakistan is not the birthplace of al qaeda, we did not invite osama bin laden to pakistan or even to afghanistan. gwen: as the u.s. braces for retaliation we learn more about what bin laden planned and what happens next in south is asia and the middle east. on the domestic campaign trail, more candidates join the republican fray. >> i'm newt gingrich and i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states because i believe we can return america to hope and opportunity. >> there is an old saying, three's a charm. gwen: and others edge toward the ring. how long can the democratic president capitalize on the g.o.p.'s uncertainty? covering the week, nancy youssef of mcclatchy newspapers, david sanger of "the new york times," dan balz of "the washington post," and john dickerson of "slate" magazine and cbs news. >> award-winning reporting
." >> osama bin laden will never again threaten the united states of america. gwen: but nearly two weeks later, the fallout from the death of public enemy number one continues, especially in afghanistan and pakistan. >> pakistan is not the birthplace of al qaeda, we did not invite osama bin laden to pakistan or even to afghanistan. gwen: as the u.s. braces for retaliation we learn more about what bin laden planned and what happens next in south is asia and the middle east. on...
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states and pakistan there are also misconceptions that did elations will improve if the united states withdraw from afghanistan but i believe that the opposite holds true here if the united states prematurely leaves afghanistan that will convince pakistan and its military and i say stop the shrines you can keep your support for the taliban because the was he the taliban. future of afghanistan so what it's needed now for russia to do is to assure ensuring. afghanistan because to succeed in afghanistan means that pakistan also will change its calculus from supporting the taliban and instead of that there was the. legitimity ways to have the strategic and also influence in the country ok if i go back to one of my so i guess it's all about who controls afghanistan not the afghans themselves are never mentioned in all this if it's going to come from islamabad or it's going to be washington ok and they have their cars i do want to support so i mean what is the vision from the pakistani establishment with how do they want to see the americans leave with destabilizing the country even more. w
states and pakistan there are also misconceptions that did elations will improve if the united states withdraw from afghanistan but i believe that the opposite holds true here if the united states prematurely leaves afghanistan that will convince pakistan and its military and i say stop the shrines you can keep your support for the taliban because the was he the taliban. future of afghanistan so what it's needed now for russia to do is to assure ensuring. afghanistan because to succeed in...
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states needs and so then some of these people that come out saying that the united states has to have an arms race with china or keep spending so much militarily do they have a point or is this kind of just been evaluated and it was the u.s. it's been sent six times what china spends you know i mean this is a straw man and there are people in our country whole always looking for enemies and potential enemies and they see the rise of china like the rise of all the great powers they compare it to the situation we have with the soviet union after world war two and up until the ninety's but no china is not i mean for example china's been very helpful to us with north korea. not a self those we might like the one sort korea gets out of hand too much to lean on and they didn't veto the resolution to for the united states and nato to apply force in in libya so and we need each other it's is not like the cold war when the soviet union never borrowed a length each other money you know during that competition but you know it's a different relationship with china they i think in the long term th
states needs and so then some of these people that come out saying that the united states has to have an arms race with china or keep spending so much militarily do they have a point or is this kind of just been evaluated and it was the u.s. it's been sent six times what china spends you know i mean this is a straw man and there are people in our country whole always looking for enemies and potential enemies and they see the rise of china like the rise of all the great powers they compare it to...
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emerald emirates, why does the united states always have to do it? >> the president wants them spend their money, but the united statess has to be a player in the reasoning gion. let's start by saying he has a near impossible challenge here. there are so many different and unique separate challenges. he will say the united states of course unsupports democratic movements around the world. he will say that as a broad principle. however, you will hear as i heard yesterday from a 24-year-old blogger, why aren't you standing with us now, why are you giving and i had to the egyptian military. they're not moving forward on the elections in the way we would like it. how can you say you're for democracy but then support the bahrainian regime when it cracks down on the majority of its population. so he has to say we also have strategic interests and about if the bahraini government fell that would give influence across the bridge. so it comes into direct collision with your daily challenges. whether the oil, the naval base, or as you mentioned whether this ad
emerald emirates, why does the united states always have to do it? >> the president wants them spend their money, but the united statess has to be a player in the reasoning gion. let's start by saying he has a near impossible challenge here. there are so many different and unique separate challenges. he will say the united states of course unsupports democratic movements around the world. he will say that as a broad principle. however, you will hear as i heard yesterday from a 24-year-old...
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well in a little more than a week since the united states killed osama bin laden we've seen several images including crowds chanting usa outside the white house we've seen celebrate tory dance party songs hitting the internet we're asking is this the new american way largely correspondent brianna more important i found out. the celebration was impromptu and palpable. jubilation stretching from new york. to the naval academy heard inside sports arenas look around is chanting usa and exploding outside the white house it's wild it's morning there all right. it was neither the wild crowd reflecting something of a world cup victory was cheering on his fascination of public enemy number one nine eleven mastermind osama bin laden an american pilling that inspired many mainstream media outlets to abandon objectivity and rejoice i had a sweet taste of it i'm glad he's ready to tell it which is exactly what i think he is this morning he told supporters a mortal blow this is the greatest night of my career at some point the unbridled euphoria over the death of a mass murder garnered van. yet for othe
well in a little more than a week since the united states killed osama bin laden we've seen several images including crowds chanting usa outside the white house we've seen celebrate tory dance party songs hitting the internet we're asking is this the new american way largely correspondent brianna more important i found out. the celebration was impromptu and palpable. jubilation stretching from new york. to the naval academy heard inside sports arenas look around is chanting usa and exploding...
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of the middle class particularly in the united states well i think that there is an issue but it's also possible to overstate the issue we should remember that you know being the middle is a relative term means being between the people are very poor and very rich or in fact the absolute level of the middle class their ability to have a home to send their kids to college is still much higher than it's ever been they're still living a very comparable lifestyle compared to a huge fraction of the world compared to people just a generation earlier and so on and so forth so i would shouldn't overstate the case here the same time there certainly are issues but the question is what should one do about it what policies should what time to change to address those issues and i think that's the hard question that we need to think about it's interesting samuel if i go to you in washington in light of what we just heard there should we just have a new definition of the middle class because there doesn't seem to be a lot in the middle of there's so much concentration of wealth in the top. i don't thin
of the middle class particularly in the united states well i think that there is an issue but it's also possible to overstate the issue we should remember that you know being the middle is a relative term means being between the people are very poor and very rich or in fact the absolute level of the middle class their ability to have a home to send their kids to college is still much higher than it's ever been they're still living a very comparable lifestyle compared to a huge fraction of the...
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he came the 35th president of the united states. he entered office and handed the plan under the eisenhower administration. he did know something. he had been briefed and detailed after he won the election. he knew something. but still it came as a shock to discover first of all how big the operation was and secondly that he had to deal with it immediately. the cia told him that the cubans were about to get a large arm shipment from the soviets, including fighter jets, which would make it more difficult for castro to get in the future. this is true. from day one, the pressure was on kennedy to decide what he wanted to do. it fair to say that john kennedy was not thrilled by the cia's plan. his main concern was that the involvement of the united states would not be hidden enough. and if it were not, it would very well provoke castro's new friends, the soviet union to take retaliatory action, most likely in west berlin, a city that christoph had been threatening to cut off from the west. kennedy did not want to get into a risky gamer
he came the 35th president of the united states. he entered office and handed the plan under the eisenhower administration. he did know something. he had been briefed and detailed after he won the election. he knew something. but still it came as a shock to discover first of all how big the operation was and secondly that he had to deal with it immediately. the cia told him that the cubans were about to get a large arm shipment from the soviets, including fighter jets, which would make it more...
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the united states is nato, is nato. so the british and the french-- god bless them and others-- they don't have the assets. they are running out of some of their munitions. we need to get back in the fight. we applaud the predator being added into, but the worse... into the fight. but the worst outcome... a very bad outcome here would be a stalemate, which would then open the door to al qaeda. >> schieffer: what do you want the president to do? >> say that the united states' air assets-- and i am opposed and we should not use ground troops. the united states' air assets and many other assets should be brought into the fight. we should recognize the transition national council, thereby freeing up money so that they can start financing their operations and providing people with the things they need. humanitarian efforts, communications capability, facilitate the movement of weapons in-- not the united states army but facilitate as we did during the afghan war. communications, kick qaddafi off television. you know, when pe
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and the united states army. [applause] >> let's give both families a big round of applause for anthony and for henry. >> please join me in prayer. gracious god, you've stirred our hearts once again today as we've heard the accounts of two great american soldiers, who valued the lives of those under their care more than their very own. you've told us in the holy scripture that there's no greater love than this. and so, would you etch this eternal truth in our own hearts as we carry out our responsibilities to you, our families and our great nation. bless the young men and women of our armed services, who walk in the footsteps of both anthony and henry, protecting and defending our lives in freedom's cost. and, lord, continue to bless, empower and give great wisdom to our president, barack obama, as he leads our nation in these challenging times. and god bless america. in your holy name, we pray. amen. >> thank you so much, everyone. please enjoy the reception. and again, to the families, we could not be prouder o
and the united states army. [applause] >> let's give both families a big round of applause for anthony and for henry. >> please join me in prayer. gracious god, you've stirred our hearts once again today as we've heard the accounts of two great american soldiers, who valued the lives of those under their care more than their very own. you've told us in the holy scripture that there's no greater love than this. and so, would you etch this eternal truth in our own hearts as we carry...
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the body has been recovered by united states forces. the dna has been matched. so, president obama will address the nation to say the man who was responsible for the 9/11 attacks in 2001. here comes the president now. >> good evening. tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. and a terrorist responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. it was nearly ten years ago that a bright september day was darken the by the worst attack on the american people in our history. the images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory. hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless september sky, the twin towers collapsing to the ground, black smoke billowing up from the pentagon, the wreckage of flight 93 in shanksville, pennsylvania, where the actions of heroic citizens saved more heartache and destruction. yet we know the worst images are those unseen to the world. the empty seat at the dinner table, children who were forced to
the body has been recovered by united states forces. the dna has been matched. so, president obama will address the nation to say the man who was responsible for the 9/11 attacks in 2001. here comes the president now. >> good evening. tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. and a terrorist responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children....
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not just in the united states. because the truth of the matter is that while the united states doesn't have any obligation to, um, oversee or make particular comments about these matters, it's in our interest to do so. we have, as a country, tremendous legal expertise and resources. and so i think if we can look at ways in which we can also influence the hague conference to either take more actions or initiate new discussions that might not have been had or continue to help progress their -- i shouldn't say their agenda, but issues that we think are important such as oversight and how that oversight then is turned into actionable review that can improve the hague system as a whole. i think that's a useful role for the united states to play. although the convention is over 30 years old, a myriad of interpretation issues are also evidenced in u.s. case law and other countries. the fact that nations and courts interpret the language of the convention differently has dramatic effects on these cases and often results in
not just in the united states. because the truth of the matter is that while the united states doesn't have any obligation to, um, oversee or make particular comments about these matters, it's in our interest to do so. we have, as a country, tremendous legal expertise and resources. and so i think if we can look at ways in which we can also influence the hague conference to either take more actions or initiate new discussions that might not have been had or continue to help progress their -- i...
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one, the comparison to the united states and canada. in order to make sense of violence in the united states i think that we have to treat it comparatively and we have to look at what's happening in other nations, in other nations. one of the misconceptions about canada is that canada has fewer firearms and the united states. they do have i think numerically probably fewer firearms. it is a hunting society, and there are a lot of guns -- [inaudible] >> percentage of ownership is quite high. i'm not sure if it's higher, but i will trust you if you know. and so, that to me makes it even more important to understand the sort of cultural differences in underlying currents of violence. it's a difficult question. there are other societies that have proportions of gun ownership. sweden, every household has a long gun in it because men serve in the mushy and trained. height numbers of guns in these societies, very few incidents of interpersonal violence. then there are places like japan. we've all been focused on japan in the news over the past
one, the comparison to the united states and canada. in order to make sense of violence in the united states i think that we have to treat it comparatively and we have to look at what's happening in other nations, in other nations. one of the misconceptions about canada is that canada has fewer firearms and the united states. they do have i think numerically probably fewer firearms. it is a hunting society, and there are a lot of guns -- [inaudible] >> percentage of ownership is quite...
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unilateral action by the soviet union eisenhower stated, would be forcefully opposed by the united states and he ordered the navy's sixth fleet to be placed on alert. this was an election eve. the stresses are taking a toll on the president after a tense meeting ike's doctor founded the heartbeat regular and blood pressure elevated. he lay down but developed a headache. he had only ike of a dish of carrots and a glass of yogurt. the president's agitation was due to what he termed as the ultimatum that was served upon him. ike growled to schneider that if he were a dictator he would tell russia if they move one finger he would drop the entire stock of atomic weapons on them. tuesday, november 6, election day. he of rose to greater turmoil in the middle east. in a meeting our people should be alert. the presence of russian planes in syria would inevitably triggered british and french attacks on airfields. if that happened, the fact is in the fire. he inquired of the chairman of the director of the joint chiefs whether the new volumes were equipped with atomic anti-submarine weapons. not lon
unilateral action by the soviet union eisenhower stated, would be forcefully opposed by the united states and he ordered the navy's sixth fleet to be placed on alert. this was an election eve. the stresses are taking a toll on the president after a tense meeting ike's doctor founded the heartbeat regular and blood pressure elevated. he lay down but developed a headache. he had only ike of a dish of carrots and a glass of yogurt. the president's agitation was due to what he termed as the...
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of the united states senate, and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the hon. john boehner. >> to date we formally accept the statue of gerald r. ford in the placement of the national statuary hall of collections in the rotunda of the united states capitol. this ceremony is held in accordance with the house concurrent resolution 27 which was approved by the congress on may 16 of this year. the resolution also expresses congress's gratitude to the people of michigan for providing this commemoration of one of its most eminent citizens. we are joined today by the governor of michigan and the members of the congressional delegation. we are also joined by members of president for's cabinet and his senior staff as well. cabinet and ford's his senior staff as well. we also have members of president ford's family. finally, there she could not be with us today, i know we are all thinking of the former first lady, the ford, without him not of this could have been possible. [laughter
of the united states senate, and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the hon. john boehner. >> to date we formally accept the statue of gerald r. ford in the placement of the national statuary hall of collections in the rotunda of the united states capitol. this ceremony is held in accordance with the house concurrent resolution 27 which was approved by the congress on may 16 of this...
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sharpen listed in the united states -- mr. sharp enlisted in the united states senate following high school and received honorable discharge 1964. th19644 -- 1986. he received his b.s. from christian brother college and j.d. from vanderbilt university school of law. he began his legal career as an associate with the firm of storystokes and barthelmew. and mr. sharp returned to stokes, barthelmew and petry eventually making partner. since 2003, has been a shareholder and partner at drex ler andrexler and sharp, where s focused on disability law. the american bar association on the federal judiciary committee has rated him qualified and i urge my colleagues to support the nominee. i would note that the vacancy of mr. sharp that he will fill was created by the retirement of judge eackels march 2007. a few months later, on june the 13th, 2007, president bush nominated gus preier to fill the vacancy. mr. prier waited eight months before he had a hearing. that was the last action the committee took on the nominati nomination. his no
sharpen listed in the united states -- mr. sharp enlisted in the united states senate following high school and received honorable discharge 1964. th19644 -- 1986. he received his b.s. from christian brother college and j.d. from vanderbilt university school of law. he began his legal career as an associate with the firm of storystokes and barthelmew. and mr. sharp returned to stokes, barthelmew and petry eventually making partner. since 2003, has been a shareholder and partner at drex ler...
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at united nations will be opposed by the united states. [applause] and finally, mr. president, you sent a powerful message to weeks ago on behalf of every american and every person around the world that cares about freedom and democracy. note terrorist is safe. those who commit terror against america will not elude punishment. and when you kill innocent citizens of the united states, you will inevitably face the long arm of american justice. the operations that you order that resulted in the death of the face of the islamic radicalism and one of the world's worst mass murderers was heroic. thank you, mr. president, for ridding the world of osama bin laden. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 44th president of the united states, president barack obama. >> that was terrific. absolutely. you doing all right? good morning. thank you very much. good morning. thank you. thank you so much. please have a seat. thank you. what a remarkable, remarkable crowd. thank you, rosie, for your very kind introduction. i did not know that you
at united nations will be opposed by the united states. [applause] and finally, mr. president, you sent a powerful message to weeks ago on behalf of every american and every person around the world that cares about freedom and democracy. note terrorist is safe. those who commit terror against america will not elude punishment. and when you kill innocent citizens of the united states, you will inevitably face the long arm of american justice. the operations that you order that resulted in the...
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where does pakistan stand with the united states? president bush stated in his joint session to congress after 9/11, to our allies, that you are either with us or you're with the terrorists. and i would like to know where pakistan is in that group. there is no middle found. i'd like to also find out what's going on with the mekdgo designation. a federal district court ruled that the state did not give the mek due process when it decided to keep the mek on the fto list. the law states that reviews are to take place within 180 days should the group appeal its designation. it's been past 120 days. it's now 230 days. during this time, the mek has been attacked by the iraqi military. yunami has confirmed that the soldiers killed 34 residents at camp asha raul, 34 residents that have yesterday to be buried because the iraqis refuse to allow them to be buried. high ranking public officials in the iraqi regime repeatedly cite the u.s. terrorist designation as their justification for treating the residents of camp asha rof so harshly. two bat
where does pakistan stand with the united states? president bush stated in his joint session to congress after 9/11, to our allies, that you are either with us or you're with the terrorists. and i would like to know where pakistan is in that group. there is no middle found. i'd like to also find out what's going on with the mekdgo designation. a federal district court ruled that the state did not give the mek due process when it decided to keep the mek on the fto list. the law states that...
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states not enough the united states to get him they may be less willing to provide billions of dollars of aid and other support to the pakistani government so i think the united states has. always been a victim of pakistan supporting the taliban under the table and perhaps even hiding . simply because they are manipulating the united states in that part of the region . praties and it's a country with a cohesive kenny feels the many inconsistences about your aeration costs down there the weather is really dead. it is a great news if that's true but it looks like a very stage fairy tale and a night show the united states hasn't proved. evidence regarding the operation and how his body was transferred to a landlocked evgenia stand later to be dumped into sea reach doesn't make any sense for me second phony excuse that no none of the countries wanted to take his body that was not a reason he was supposed to be bringing for forensic evidence back to the united states because he he was the main target over ten years man it took a bomb it took years to prove his birth certificate i don't know
states not enough the united states to get him they may be less willing to provide billions of dollars of aid and other support to the pakistani government so i think the united states has. always been a victim of pakistan supporting the taliban under the table and perhaps even hiding . simply because they are manipulating the united states in that part of the region . praties and it's a country with a cohesive kenny feels the many inconsistences about your aeration costs down there the weather...
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states but what is really the subtext you know is china a threat to the united states or is this the justification used by some leaders to continue justify expanding the u.s. empire well certainly on the trying the side there's a new generation coming into positions of leadership for a generation which has a very short historical memory and does not recall the many years of good relationships between the united states and china that were initially. catalyzed by richard nixon and by the bush administration years of the time nor does the modern trying his leadership remember the years of conflict with the soviet union along the moor river so what is then trying. what i'm saying is the chinese leadership in essence see the u.s. as the single barrier that stands in the way to china assuming its quote rightful role as the predominant economic and eventually military superpower on earth what do you think the united states is china as we see china use there's a reason to continue asking leading us military spending the us spend six times what china spends it seems that the united states is
states but what is really the subtext you know is china a threat to the united states or is this the justification used by some leaders to continue justify expanding the u.s. empire well certainly on the trying the side there's a new generation coming into positions of leadership for a generation which has a very short historical memory and does not recall the many years of good relationships between the united states and china that were initially. catalyzed by richard nixon and by the bush...
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it is not just the united states. it is also the turks who a believe will be hosting an opposition conference. turkey is the closest country to that regime perhaps other than iran. this shows that the is a consensus among not only allies of the united states, but also countries like tkey and so on that his regime needs to go away. >> i just want to add very quickly, one quick point on this. i think to the extent that ther is a strategy involving, clearly as the president has not moved entirely to the position that bashar al-assad has to go, the implications of the sanctions and the way he is speaking should be clear. but, if they are clear, why not a stated? but that is neither here nor there. to the point i would like to make is, the one hope they would have, and hopefully the turks and others are working behind the scenes on this, is that the community as a whole may not prefer to jump off the cliff that bashar al-ass and his family is leading them toward. so, if they were to get rid of bashar al-assad, then perhaps
it is not just the united states. it is also the turks who a believe will be hosting an opposition conference. turkey is the closest country to that regime perhaps other than iran. this shows that the is a consensus among not only allies of the united states, but also countries like tkey and so on that his regime needs to go away. >> i just want to add very quickly, one quick point on this. i think to the extent that ther is a strategy involving, clearly as the president has not moved...
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that's here in the united states but also, obviously, in china and japan and korea, in other countries in asia as well. and in many significant ways, i would offer that perhaps -- there's no better example of the role that domestic political factors and domestic political debates can have in shaping foreign policy and national security decision-making than -- than in japan. and that's not just function i should underscore of the past couple of years under the dpj or even a question having to do with what letter a couple of thousands of meters of concrete get poured into in okinawa. it's a much bigger set of questions having to do with a much deeper set of issues with japanese political culture, bureaucratic politics, the influence of individual decision-makers. and the fact that electoral politics are now having in japanese foreign policy decision-making as japan starts to feel it's way towards a genuine two party political system. so i think this -- the discussion that we have lined up for this morning should be very, very interesting and very, very worthwhile. and i would offer that
that's here in the united states but also, obviously, in china and japan and korea, in other countries in asia as well. and in many significant ways, i would offer that perhaps -- there's no better example of the role that domestic political factors and domestic political debates can have in shaping foreign policy and national security decision-making than -- than in japan. and that's not just function i should underscore of the past couple of years under the dpj or even a question having to do...
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states other than in connection with the united states and u.s. armed forces that's the law it has sanctions on the other hand us or some of the law has been highly selective so there is a number of cases in. asked where the u.s. has given its. frequently its affirmative blessings to all but us soldiers there was very contractors working with foreign governments and i think one thing that we should see here is a little bit more of a road into this relationship between your friends and the u.s. and the role of the state department u.s. government has played in it that's right and of course we have to keep in mind of the story just broke over the weekend i'm sure they'll be a lot more details coming out about the story over the coming weeks and would love to have you back on to chat about all that thank you so much for your time as always scott horton contributing editor of harper's magazine. now yesterday evening you may have caught a rather interesting collusion of two worlds on television jon stewart the so-called america's most trusted newsman a
states other than in connection with the united states and u.s. armed forces that's the law it has sanctions on the other hand us or some of the law has been highly selective so there is a number of cases in. asked where the u.s. has given its. frequently its affirmative blessings to all but us soldiers there was very contractors working with foreign governments and i think one thing that we should see here is a little bit more of a road into this relationship between your friends and the u.s....
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narrator: over 300 million people live in the united states. and each person uses an average of 100 gallons of water every day. man: what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. woman: so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school? woman: somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when we're finished with it. man: the water infrastructure is vital for disease protection, fire protection, basic sanitation, economic development, and for our quality of life. man: you just can't visualize all the assets that are under our feet. we have about two million miles of pipe in this nation. if you're walking around in an urban area, you're probably stepping on a pipe. man: our grandparents paid for, and put in for the first time, these large distribution systems. woman: and in many cases, it's not been touched since. man: we're at a critical turning point. much of that infrastructure is wearing out. narrator: our water infrastructure is made up of complex, underg
narrator: over 300 million people live in the united states. and each person uses an average of 100 gallons of water every day. man: what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. woman: so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school? woman: somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when we're finished with it. man: the water infrastructure is vital for disease protection, fire protection, basic...
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outside of united states where there are of course certainly would be people in the united states but what does this what does this mean for our relationship with august on and frankly with afghanistan on cars and does this it seems to me that this is going to speed up the probability of our speeding up our departure from afghanistan i think that would be a mistake i think that we need to keep up the pressure on al qaeda in particular and their on their allies their taliban and other militant allies in afghanistan and pakistan again there's only one hundred al qaeda guys in afghanistan but there and there are more in pakistan and our presence in afghanistan helps us get them in pakistan so it's our state we couldn't have captured or killed bin laden if we hadn't deployed the resources we've applied on in terms of intelligence as well as military forces in that in that region we can't just shoot people from the air without having the people on the ground to gather intelligence for us so i don't so the conclusion that we should withdraw i think would be a mistake i think we need to keep
outside of united states where there are of course certainly would be people in the united states but what does this what does this mean for our relationship with august on and frankly with afghanistan on cars and does this it seems to me that this is going to speed up the probability of our speeding up our departure from afghanistan i think that would be a mistake i think that we need to keep up the pressure on al qaeda in particular and their on their allies their taliban and other militant...
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they say the attacks against the united states will continue. they also specifically call on pakistanis to rise up and avenge bin laden's death. we have seen a number of pakistanis, hundreds of them today, protesting. they are angry. they are saying the same things, that their sovereignty was violated by this raid. and also they are calling their civilian government, president zardari, a puppet of the united states. there have been some other developments here in abbottabad. the compound was sealed off. we weren't able to get very close to it, and there was a visit from both the head of the military who is arguably one of the most powerful men in this country as well as the head of intelligence. they visited. we are also told that the compound itself has been cleared and that it has been sealed off. later in the day here at our guesthouse, we got a visit from the intelligence. they told us it is now time for the foreign media to leave and stop covering this story. they said there's no real reason to be here. but this comes as more information is
they say the attacks against the united states will continue. they also specifically call on pakistanis to rise up and avenge bin laden's death. we have seen a number of pakistanis, hundreds of them today, protesting. they are angry. they are saying the same things, that their sovereignty was violated by this raid. and also they are calling their civilian government, president zardari, a puppet of the united states. there have been some other developments here in abbottabad. the compound was...
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war and black freedom movement in the united states were militant had militant edges but really were always restrained and if you look around the world at the time we in fact were tactically very restrained our rhetoric was sometimes a little inflamed and hyperbolic but our actions really were quite restrained. in that revolution and insurgency takes is constantly changing we just saw the mideast uprising kind of a mansion back before it happened when those events broke out a lot of people in the united states were. sort of fearful that the same could happen here on that kind of scale do you think that's possible of course it's possible and you know we grown up in an era of american exceptionalism right last seventy years where the united states somehow isn't bound by the other lies of history and of course we are bound by the loss of history militarily the united states is obviously still in full swing with iraq afghanistan libya military power still what do you make of that and what do you make of these particular wars and also what the peace movement where is it all this is there
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in the united states so they're actually downgrading the monitoring levels in the united states and the the yearly in the three months absolutely the f.d.a. has made the announcement last week that they're not going to monitor to know and salmon for radioactivity of the pacific amazing absolutely amazing progress or thanks again thanks for the group for doing spreading the word of this disaster is forced to pan to reconsider its future in nuclear power they've reversed their decision to have nuclear account for half of all their energy production instead they're going to rely on renewable sources like solar for that half germany two is ditching nuclear power with plans to close their last nuclear plant by twenty twenty and jumping head first into solar power and energy source from which they leave the world at the moment meanwhile here in the u.s. we're still using expensive and dirty nuclear and dirty coal and imported oil and natural gas from fracking which pollutes wells and groundwater with no plans to stop any of this any time soon sign for a new energy policy in the united sta
in the united states so they're actually downgrading the monitoring levels in the united states and the the yearly in the three months absolutely the f.d.a. has made the announcement last week that they're not going to monitor to know and salmon for radioactivity of the pacific amazing absolutely amazing progress or thanks again thanks for the group for doing spreading the word of this disaster is forced to pan to reconsider its future in nuclear power they've reversed their decision to have...
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if you take the risks that reform entails you'll have the full support of the united states sounds promising right but the president's message may not be as obvious as it seems so reading between the lines is the u.s. trying to promote imperialism under the guise of democracy will get a reaction from some people obama may have been trying to target in today's speech . it's been like that before that level of. communication in this race that. the american citizens expect more of an american citizen but also a muslim hold off his plane on his way ironically to a conference on his lawn a phobia so in a post osama bin laden's world let's change could be enticing muslims sentiment growing. and it may be time for americans to open their eyes and start paying attention to those glaring signs the ones that preceded the financial collapse so what the experts tell me a long arm isn't the end of the economic world as we know. it's thursday may nineteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for is out there watching our team. president obama lays out guidelines for the future of the middle east an
if you take the risks that reform entails you'll have the full support of the united states sounds promising right but the president's message may not be as obvious as it seems so reading between the lines is the u.s. trying to promote imperialism under the guise of democracy will get a reaction from some people obama may have been trying to target in today's speech . it's been like that before that level of. communication in this race that. the american citizens expect more of an american...